July 20, 2014
7:36 pm

Mads Gilbert, Norwegian doctor who has volunteered at Shifa on and off for 17 years, treats a Palestinian girl in the emergency room of the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Gaza hospital improvises amid intensifying conflict

Shifa, coastal strip’s largest medical facility, only has an 11-bed emergency room and six operating theaters

By Karin Laub

July 5, 2014
9:46 pm

Abu Ubeida (right), the official spokesperson of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, at a press conference on July 3, 2014, in Gaza City (photo credit: AFP/Mohammed Abed)

For Hamas, it’s all about the money

Recent escalation in Gaza may be result of internal struggles, as Fatah-Hamas reconciliation stands on the brink

By Avi Issacharoff

June 27, 2014
11:08 am

Israeli security forces take part in the operation to locate the three Israeli teenagers they believe were abducted by Islamist movement Hamas, on June 22, 2014, in the village of Halhul, near the West Bank town of Hebron. (photo credit: AFP/Hazem Bader)

In Hebron, the IDF discovers, it’s all too easy to disappear

Israel has named the prime suspects in the June 12 kidnapping of its three teens, but finding them is another story. On the eve of Ramadan, the search is scaling down, and definitive intelligence is still proving elusive

By Avi Issacharoff

June 24, 2014
12:09 pm

Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal displays a page purporting to prove that the kidnapped and killed Israeli teenagers were soldiers, June 23, 2014 (photo credit: YouTube image)

Hamas chief claims 3 kidnapped youths were soldiers

Khaled Mashaal claims no responsibility for kidnapping but blesses the perpetrators, blames Netanyahu for ‘Judaizing’ Jerusalem

By Elhanan Miller

June 23, 2014
7:00 pm

Palestinians during clashes with Israeli security forces taking part in the search for three missing teenagers early on June 22, 2014 in the West Bank city of Ramallah (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Does the IDF operation endanger Abbas more than Hamas?

‘Why has Israel pushed Abbas to the corner?’ wonders Fatah official, as the Islamists boast that they’ll emerge stronger from the army’s West Bank campaign

By Elhanan Miller

June 20, 2014
2:22 pm

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Palestinian FM: Israel overreacting on missing teens

‘If Netanyahu has any evidence’ that Hamas is behind the kidnapping, ‘he has to put it on the table’

By AFP

June 20, 2014
10:01 am

Stone-hurling Palestinians clash with Israeli troops near the Qalandiya checkpoint on 'Nakba Day' last May. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

2 Palestinians killed, 2 wounded in West Bank clashes

As search for kidnapped teens enters second week, friction seen increasing between Palestinians and IDF

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

June 20, 2014
9:20 am

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, in Jerusalem (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

Canadian FM: Demilitarize the West Bank and Gaza

‘There is no place for alternative security forces,’ says John Baird; PA control of Gaza required ‘if Palestinian sovereignty is to ever have hope’

By Times of Israel staff

June 19, 2014
3:50 pm

(From L to R) Palestinian Fatah delegation chief Azzam al-Ahmad, Hamas prime minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniyeh and Hamas deputy leader Moussa Abu Marzouk pose for a photo as they celebrate in Gaza City on April 23, 2014, after West Bank and Gaza Strip leaders agreed to form a unity government within five weeks. (photo credit: AFP/Said Khatib)

Hamas and Fatah clash over conciliatory Abbas speech

Members of the terror group accuse PA president of conforming to the ‘Israeli narrative’ in condemning kidnapping

By Elhanan Miller

June 18, 2014
7:51 pm

Tzipi Livni speaks at a meeting of her Hatnua party in the Knesset, on Monday, May 19, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)

Livni praises PA president for condemning kidnapping

After Abbas pledges to work with Israel to find abducted teens, aides to Netanyahu say they’ll judge him by his actions; bitter Hamas says he ‘sounds like the IDF spokesman’

By Times of Israel staff

June 17, 2014
11:15 am

(From L to R) Palestinian Fatah delegation chief Azzam al-Ahmed, Hamas prime minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniyey and Hamas deputy leader Musa Abu Marzuk pose for a photo as they celebrate in Gaza City on April 23, 2014 after West Bank and Gaza Strip leaders agreed to form a unity government within five weeks (photo credit: AFP/Said Khatib)

US may face more tough choices if PA holds elections

The Palestinian territories could become a new Lebanon if Hamas is allowed to vote for a new government

By Ron Kampeas

June 17, 2014
8:13 am

PA President Mahmoud Abbas poses with prisoners release on October 30 as part of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Mahmoud Abbas’s prisoner dilemma

The president of the Palestinian Authority stands alone in the face of bipartisan support for the kidnapping of Israelis

By Elhanan Miller

June 15, 2014
8:58 pm

EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference in June. (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/ GPO/Flash90)

The world won’t reverse position on Palestinian unity

Netanyahu holds Abbas responsible for the kidnapping, but the international community won’t link it to the Fatah-Hamas pact

By Raphael Ahren

June 15, 2014
4:08 pm

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, right, meeting with political bureau head of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal on May 5, 2014 in Doha, Qatar. (photo credit: AFP/ PPO/THAER GHANAIM)

PM’s ‘repercussions’ could help Hamas take over PA

Hamas, declared responsible for the kidnapping of 3 teens, has in the past used terror against Israelis to weaken Fatah

By Mitch Ginsburg

June 14, 2014
5:18 am

Hamas security forces in Gaza City stand guard as employees paid by the Palestinian Authority wait to receive their salaries outside a closed bank, on Thursday, June 5, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Mohammed Abed)

Even after unity deal, Hamas still runs failing Gaza

The Islamist group, with hundreds of missiles pointed at Tel Aviv, continues to flex its muscle against Abbas

By Avi Issacharoff

Topic: Fatah-Hamas reconciliation

Gaza hospital improvises amid intensifying conflict

Shifa, coastal strip’s largest medical facility, only has an 11-bed emergency room and six operating theaters

For Hamas, it’s all about the money

Recent escalation in Gaza may be result of internal struggles, as Fatah-Hamas reconciliation stands on the brink

In Hebron, the IDF discovers, it’s all too easy to disappear

Israel has named the prime suspects in the June 12 kidnapping of its three teens, but finding them is another story. On the eve of Ramadan, the search is scaling down, and definitive intelligence is still proving elusive

Hamas chief claims 3 kidnapped youths were soldiers

Khaled Mashaal claims no responsibility for kidnapping but blesses the perpetrators, blames Netanyahu for ‘Judaizing’ Jerusalem

Does the IDF operation endanger Abbas more than Hamas?

‘Why has Israel pushed Abbas to the corner?’ wonders Fatah official, as the Islamists boast that they’ll emerge stronger from the army’s West Bank campaign

Palestinian FM: Israel overreacting on missing teens

‘If Netanyahu has any evidence’ that Hamas is behind the kidnapping, ‘he has to put it on the table’

2 Palestinians killed, 2 wounded in West Bank clashes

As search for kidnapped teens enters second week, friction seen increasing between Palestinians and IDF

Canadian FM: Demilitarize the West Bank and Gaza

‘There is no place for alternative security forces,’ says John Baird; PA control of Gaza required ‘if Palestinian sovereignty is to ever have hope’

Hamas and Fatah clash over conciliatory Abbas speech

Members of the terror group accuse PA president of conforming to the ‘Israeli narrative’ in condemning kidnapping

Livni praises PA president for condemning kidnapping

After Abbas pledges to work with Israel to find abducted teens, aides to Netanyahu say they’ll judge him by his actions; bitter Hamas says he ‘sounds like the IDF spokesman’

US may face more tough choices if PA holds elections

The Palestinian territories could become a new Lebanon if Hamas is allowed to vote for a new government

Mahmoud Abbas’s prisoner dilemma

The president of the Palestinian Authority stands alone in the face of bipartisan support for the kidnapping of Israelis

The world won’t reverse position on Palestinian unity

Netanyahu holds Abbas responsible for the kidnapping, but the international community won’t link it to the Fatah-Hamas pact

PM’s ‘repercussions’ could help Hamas take over PA

Hamas, declared responsible for the kidnapping of 3 teens, has in the past used terror against Israelis to weaken Fatah

Even after unity deal, Hamas still runs failing Gaza

The Islamist group, with hundreds of missiles pointed at Tel Aviv, continues to flex its muscle against Abbas

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